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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-04-011860
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040225
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040225

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WELDON LEE G
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001195561

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-15701
		FILM NUMBER:		04627403

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1185 LINDA VISTA DRIVE
		CITY:			SAN MARCAS
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92069

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NATURAL ALTERNATIVES INTERNATIONAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000787253
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MEDICINAL CHEMICALS & BOTANICAL PRODUCTS [2833]
		IRS NUMBER:				841007839
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1185 LINDA VISTA DR
		CITY:			SAN MARCOS
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92069
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6197447340

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1185 LINDA VISTA DRIVE
		CITY:			SAN MARCOS
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92069

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICAN ACQUISITIONS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19860929
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    <periodOfReport>2004-02-25</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>NATURAL ALTERNATIVES INTERNATIONAL INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NAII</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>WELDON LEE G</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>1185 LINDA VISTA DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>SAN MARCOS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>92069</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>56880</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
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    <derivativeTable>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>5.75</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-02-25</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionCode>X</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2004-03-10</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">The securities vested in three equal annual installments, with the first installment vesting on March 11, 2000.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This transaction represents  the exercise of an option previously granted on March 11, 1999.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ John Reaves on behalf of Mr. Weldon under a Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-02-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

	I, the undersigned, hereby appoint John Reaves, the Chief Financial Officer of Natural
Alternatives International, Inc. (the "Company"), my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)  execute for and on my behalf, in my capacity as an officer and/or director of the
Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the "Exchange Act");

	(2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on my behalf that may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and

 	(3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which,
in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, and in the best interest of, or legally
required by, me.

	I hereby grant to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any
of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted. I acknowledge that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
my request, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am no longer required
to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to my holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by me in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-
in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of
September 8, 2003.

					/s/ Lee G. Weldon
					Signature

					Lee G. Weldon
					Printed Name

53328.1

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